Triple phase CT in evaluating indeterminate focal liver lesion.

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The "miliary" pattern (>5 lesions) occurred only in the malignant group (13.9%) and was borderline significant (p=0.05), consistent with diffuse metastatic disease patterns.

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approaching significancep=0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

a possible trendno p-value reported

Icterus on examination was more frequent in malignant lesions (25.0%) than benign lesions (7.1%), approaching significance but not meeting the cut-off (p=0.06), suggesting a possible trend toward greater biliary obstruction or advanced disease in malignant cases.

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did not reach statistical significancep=0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Lymphadenopathy was more common with malignancy (25.0% vs 7.1%) but did not reach statistical significance (p=0.06), suggesting a trend that may become significant with a larger sample size.

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a near-significant trendp=0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Weight loss was the key differentiator significantly more frequent in malignant lesions (33.3%) compared with benign lesions (10.7%) (p=0.04), with a near-significant trend for icterus on examination (25.0% malignant vs 7.1% benign; p=0.06).

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